The ICN2 Oxide Nanophysics Group led by ICREA Prof. Gustau Catalán has recently published the latest findings from their research line on flexoelectricity in Advanced Materials. PhD student Kumara Cordero-Edwards is the lead author of this work, carried out in collaboration with researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Highlighted in the journal’s frontispiece,…
New Material Resembling A Metal Nanosponge Could Reduce Computer Energy Consumption
In order to store information in the conventional magnetic memories of electronic devices, the materials’ small magnetic domains work by pointing up or down according to the magnetic fields. To generate these fields it is necessary to produce electric currents, but these currents heat up materials and a large amount of energy is spent cooling…
Computer System Simulates the Behavior of Tax Evaders
Improving inspections can be a more effective anti-fraud measure than increasing fines Tax fraud is a very serious problem for society, especially in Spain, where tax evasion represents almost one-fourth of its Gross Domestic Product. On the one hand, evasion is a problem because it produces a loss in public resources, something which is especially…